1957 Atlanta Crackers Statistics
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Hubert Bates (87-67)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 256,876, Avg. 3,336
Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Chattanooga Lookouts 2
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Nashville Vols 0
The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the SA.
The Crackers plated 776 runs and surrendered 714 runs.
Players from the 1957 Atlanta Crackers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chick King, Joe Morgan, Paul Stuffel, Corky Valentine, Don Nottebart, Earl Mossor, Ken MacKenzie, Chet Nichols, Sammy Meeks, Sammy Taylor, Bob Hartman, Dick Stuart, Mel Roach, Georges Maranda, Dick Phillips and Ben Johnson.
Hubert Bates served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Nottebart | 18 | 10 | .643 | 3.39 | 46 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 215.0 | 200 | 95 | 81 | 4 | 114 | 4 | 123 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |||
| John O'Donnell | 16 | 10 | .615 | 4.53 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 167.0 | 187 | 87 | 84 | 16 | 76 | 2 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ken MacKenzie | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.26 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 204.0 | 174 | 82 | 74 | 19 | 64 | 5 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ben Johnson | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.30 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 155.0 | 172 | 83 | 74 | 25 | 64 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Corky Valentine | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.25 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 144.0 | 139 | 61 | 52 | 8 | 58 | 6 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick Grabowski | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.60 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 90.0 | 97 | 61 | 56 | 17 | 50 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Hartman | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.91 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 121.0 | 128 | 78 | 66 | 11 | 55 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gerry Nelson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.94 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 51.0 | 53 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Paul Cave | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.26 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 81 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Frederick Vogel | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Mossor | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.59 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 47 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Clarence Riddle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Dalton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Stuffel | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Georges Maranda | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chet Nichols | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 87 | 66 | .569 | 4.01 | 368 | 147 | 0 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 1287.0 | 1278 | 644 | 573 | 114 | 566 | 27 | 745 | 31 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morgan | 149 | 680 | 551 | 111 | 174 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 77 | 13 | 116 | 80 | .316 | .435 | .466 | .901 | 257 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Dick Phillips | 152 | 626 | 535 | 81 | 136 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 61 | 8 | 79 | 45 | .254 | .353 | .394 | .747 | 211 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ev Joyner | 115 | 485 | 439 | 63 | 125 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 80 | 5 | 37 | 25 | .285 | .340 | .417 | .757 | 183 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sammy Taylor | 131 | 531 | 470 | 52 | 121 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 87 | 1 | 55 | 60 | .257 | .336 | .379 | .715 | 178 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank DiPrima | 116 | 512 | 420 | 68 | 118 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 5 | 79 | 25 | .281 | .391 | .398 | .788 | 167 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Chick King | 89 | 375 | 336 | 54 | 95 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 10 | 34 | 63 | .283 | .346 | .432 | .777 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Sammy Meeks | 82 | 331 | 308 | 44 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 21 | 42 | .282 | .329 | .435 | .764 | 134 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Montag | 115 | 425 | 333 | 77 | 82 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 67 | 2 | 84 | 67 | .246 | .397 | .498 | .896 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Clarence Riddle | 121 | 412 | 357 | 46 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 49 | 92 | .227 | .318 | .384 | .702 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| William Reynolds | 59 | 228 | 200 | 30 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 22 | .265 | .336 | .420 | .756 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mel Roach | 37 | 158 | 147 | 22 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 23 | .293 | .323 | .361 | .683 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John O'Donnell | 85 | 141 | 126 | 14 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .286 | .336 | .381 | .717 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bob Hartsfield | 37 | 124 | 114 | 12 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 12 | .307 | .363 | .395 | .758 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Guettler | 68 | 245 | 178 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 59 | 47 | .191 | .393 | .270 | .663 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Theodore Laguna | 63 | 171 | 154 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 19 | .208 | .282 | .240 | .523 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Stuart | 23 | 103 | 90 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 31 | .211 | .311 | .500 | .811 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Nottebart | 50 | 96 | 87 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 25 | .195 | .239 | .207 | .446 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ken MacKenzie | 43 | 73 | 54 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .241 | .359 | .241 | .600 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Ben Johnson | 36 | 66 | 55 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .182 | .286 | .236 | .522 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Thompson | 10 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .290 | .371 | .323 | .694 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Corky Valentine | 32 | 55 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .102 | .185 | .184 | .369 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Grabowski | 23 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .148 | .233 | .148 | .381 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hartman | 36 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .098 | .119 | .098 | .217 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Earl Mossor | 13 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .214 | .312 | .214 | .527 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Nelson | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .143 | .294 | .286 | .580 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Georges Maranda | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chet Nichols | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 44 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .050 | .296 | .050 | .346 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Dalton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frederick Vogel | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1762 | 6021 | 5162 | 775 | 1341 | 217 | 40 | 127 | 732 | 54 | 0 | 735 | 782 | .260 | .352 | .391 | .743 | 2019 | 104 | 24 | 59 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Riddle | 1B | 104 | 780 | 62 | 8 | 88 | .991 | 8.096 | ||||
| Bob Montag | 1B | 35 | 243 | 16 | 1 | 21 | .996 | 7.400 | ||||
| William Reynolds | 1B | 22 | 156 | 9 | 3 | 15 | .982 | 7.500 | ||||
| Frank DiPrima | 2B | 115 | 253 | 300 | 10 | 75 | .982 | 4.809 | ||||
| Mel Roach | 2B | 36 | 87 | 78 | 4 | 24 | .976 | 4.583 | ||||
| Sammy Meeks | 3B | 78 | 89 | 152 | 9 | 15 | .964 | 3.090 | ||||
| Dick Phillips | 3B | 63 | 59 | 100 | 9 | 5 | .946 | 2.524 | ||||
| Bob Hartsfield | 3B | 21 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 5 | .921 | 2.762 | ||||
| Dick Stuart | 3B | 10 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .808 | 2.100 | ||||
| Sammy Taylor | C | 116 | 637 | 32 | 8 | 4 | .988 | 5.767 | 5 | |||
| Theodore Laguna | C | 47 | 218 | 18 | 5 | 4 | .979 | 5.021 | 0 | |||
| Ev Joyner | OF | 113 | 210 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .960 | 1.929 | ||||
| Dick Phillips | OF | 93 | 234 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .980 | 2.602 | ||||
| Chick King | OF | 82 | 196 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .966 | 2.427 | ||||
| Bob Montag | OF | 78 | 146 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 1.936 | ||||
| Ken Guettler | OF | 58 | 95 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .942 | 1.672 | ||||
| William Reynolds | OF | 43 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .878 | .837 | ||||
| John O'Donnell | OF | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Sammy Taylor | OF | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Dick Stuart | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| John O'Donnell | P | 59 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .949 | .627 | ||||
| Don Nottebart | P | 46 | 18 | 42 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 1.304 | ||||
| Ken MacKenzie | P | 43 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .395 | ||||
| Paul Cave | P | 43 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .889 | .558 | ||||
| Bob Hartman | P | 36 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .694 | ||||
| Corky Valentine | P | 32 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.188 | ||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 32 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| Dick Grabowski | P | 22 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| Gerry Nelson | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Earl Mossor | P | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frederick Vogel | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Stuffel | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Georges Maranda | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chet Nichols | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clarence Riddle | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Reynolds | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Dalton | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Morgan | SS | 149 | 278 | 446 | 29 | 104 | .961 | 4.859 | ||||
| Totals | 1666 | 3869 | 1503 | 143 | 387 | .974 | 3.224 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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